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Survey of English Place-Names

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Black Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Cadney

Historical Forms

  • (the) black banke 1634,1638 Terrier
  • Black bank 1844 TA 1824 O

Etymology

( lost ) , 1824 O , (the ) black banke 1634, 1638Terrier , Black bank 1844TA ; 1824 O shows it as an extension of the modern Faraway Drain .